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Damn the bid is up to $280 - high bidder is someone with the handle birdbrane!!!! LAFFIN!
"It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those who have expressed more superficial views; for these also contributed something, by developing before us the powers of thought." Aristotle
Does it look slightly bent to the left, like it was distorted when they unscrewed the barrel? I am not a Mauser cognoscenti either.
There was a MM for sale a while back, 100 miles from here. it had some poorly drilled holes in it, it was sporterized, and the caliber was unknown, but it seemed a usable rifle. I think it went for $300 or so.
Excellent condition???? No pitting???? My ass......
Also, the dang receiver is warped to the left and the cocking piece in the bolt is warped upwards.
Other than that, it looks just fine..... like a Chevy Citation at the bottom of the pile in a junkyard ditch.
Bring enough gun and know how to use it.
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To bend a mauser action like that you really have to work at it. It's not something that just "oops" happens. Even clamped in a vice and grabbing onto a barrel it would be tough to accomplish.
I was referring to the bend in the receiver and cocking piece, I was wondering if my bifocals were messing me up, but I guess not. Me thinks someone ran over it with a pickup.
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I could very well be wrong but I thought the Mexicans stayed with the 94 Mauser action. Never went to the 98. If so then the cocking piece isn't even from a Mauser. Looks like it is from a Springfield.
